Collar



J. M. VAN HEUVSEN.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 19m.

. PatentedSept. 14, 1920.

JOHN MANNING VAN I-IEUSEN, OF JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAE.

Application filed January 31. 1918.

To (ZZZ whom it may (onccr-n Be it known that I, JOHX M. vAN HEUSEN, a citizen of the Ynited States, residing at No. 101 Robinwood avenue, Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, (Case K;) and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to anake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in collars made of relatively stiff and heavy and rigid fabric, such as multiple-ply interwoven fabric.

Appropriate multiple-ply interwoven fabric such as two-ply or three-ply interwoven fabric would be so woven as to have inherent therein a desirable degree of stiffness with out undue rigidity, so that the material will be free from any appearance of liirnsiness.

According to the present invention turn down collars are produced from such heavy fabric without any material modification of the weave of the fabric, and so that the collar as a whole may be made from a single piece of the heavy fabric.

The invention will be further described in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrative of certain embodiments thereof. of which Figure 1 shows in diagram a collar embodying the invention; Fig. 2 shows a sectional view of the collar, when unfolded; Fig. 3 shows a sectional view of the collar when folded; Fig. 4 shows a section similar to that of Fig. 3 of a modified construction; Fig. 5 shows the inside of the collar when unfolded. and Fig. 6 is an enlarged diagrammatic view illustrating the multiple-ply interwoven fabric.

The heavy fabric which is used, according to the present invention, may be woven in straight lengths, of uniform weave; but the fabric is preferably woven with a slight curve so that the fabric will be curvilinear fabric. The curve of the fabric may thus correspond generally to the curve of the fold line of the folding collar.

It is important in making a turn-down collar. that the fold line should be more or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14:, 1920.

Serial No. 214,639.

fold along the fold line without specifically modifying the weave to provide a fold line of increased flexibility.

In making the collar, there is combined with the neck band portion thereof, an added layer or added layers of fabric, which is so united to the heavy fabric at the upper edge of the neck band that there is provided a portion of increased" thickness and stiffness, and so that the folding or turn down portion of the collar will fall over the edge of increased thickness and stiffness thus provided.

-Referring to thedrawing, it will be seen that the collar is made up of the usual neck band portion 1 and folding portion 2. The heavy fabric illustrated. is of two-ply interwoven fabric, the two plies being'so interwoven as to form a' unitary fabric of materially increased stiffness and rigidity as compared with individual single plies of fabric which are not interwoven. This heavy fabric is turned at its edges and a tape 5 1s laid over the turned edge and stitched by two rows of stitches 6, so that the edge is effectively held and bound by the tape and stitching.

To the neck band portion of the heavy fabric there is ap )lied an added layer or layers of fabric. '11 Fig. 2, added layer 7 is shown. this layer being turned at 8 and stitched by several rows of stitches 9, so that there is provided. at the upper edge of the neck band, a portion of increased stiffness and increased thickness. The folding portion of the collar will, therefore, tend to fall over the edge 8 of the added fabric, and the fold line of the collar will be thereby determined.

At the outer edge of the neck band the added fabric 7 may be inclosed and bound by the tape 5 and stitching 6 by the same operation as the edge of the heavy fabric.

In Fig. 3 the collar is shown in its folded form. From this figure it will be seen that the stiffened upper edge of the neck band causes the folding portion to fold over this edge. so that the proper shape and folding of the collar is thereby provided for.

In the modification of Fig. 4. the neck band portion 1 has applied thereto two separate plies of fabric 10 which maybe interwoven and which are secured in the same manner as the single added ply 7 of Figs. 2 and 8.

The collar in its unfolded and completed condition is illustrated in Fig. 5. From this- While of sufficient stiffness, will nevertheless be sufiiciently flexible to fold at the foldline, while the folding or turned down portion of'the collar willbe free from flimsiness of the usual soft collars made up of single layers of fabric stitched together at their edges.

The collar of the present invention is intended primarily as a soft or unst'arched collar; but it will be evident that starch may be added where it may be desired to produce a starched collar.

The weave of the heavy fabric can, of course, be varied and the material of which the different plies'of thefabric are made, can likewise be varied, for example, so that a finer or more pleasing layer of fabric will appear on the outside of the" collar than on the inside.

From Fig. lit will be evident that the collar presents a complete and finished appearance comparable to that of the ordinary starched collar. This is due largely to the fact that the fabric is of stiff multiple-ply weave as distinguished from the single tarched layers of fabric of which the usual goftcollar is made. It is due also in part to the added stiffness given by thetape 5 but which is nevertheless hidden from "iewexcept where the front tab shows at the front of the collar.

- Although I have illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings a multiple-ply fabric of only two plies 3 and 4, it will of course be understood that the heavy fabric may be composed of more than two interwoven plies, and I have merely shown and mentioned a of multiple-ply interwoven fabric of uniform weave throughout, forming both the neck band and folding portions of the collar, and one or more added plies of fabric forming part of the neck band portion of the collar and secured to the multiple-ply fabric at the upper edge of the neck band, so as to provide a portion of increased thickness and stiffness at the fold line.

2. A folding or turn down collar having its neck band portion and its folding portion made up of multiple-ply interwoven fabric, and an additional layer of fabric secured to the neck band portion of the collar and providing a portion of increased thickness at the fold line between the neck band and folding portions of the collar.

3. A folding or turn down collar made up of multiple-ply interwoven fabric of uniform weave throughout, forming both the neck band and folding portions of the collar, one or more added plies of fabric forming part of the neck band portion of the collar and secured to the multiple-ply fabric at the upper edge of the neck band so as to provide a portion of increased thickness and stiffness at the fold line, and a piece of tapev arranged to secure the added ply or plies of fabric to the lower edge of the neck band portion of the collar.

4. A folding or turn down collar made up of multiple-ply interwoven fabric woven so as to have a curvilinear set, said fabric forming both t-he neck band and folding portions of the collar, and one or more added plies of fabric forming part ,of the neck band portion of the collar and securedto the multiple-ply fabric at the upper edge of the neck band so as to provide av portion of increased thickness and stiffness at the fold line. i

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature. JOHN MANNING VAN HEUQSEN. 

